glorianna ximendaz


- Artist Statement -

Glorianna Ximendaz is a visual storyteller and artist based in Costa Rica, she primarily works with photography and dabbles in other mediums such as mixed media, and moving images.

Her work often revolves around the exploration of everyday life, human relations, memory, and its impact on ourselves and our contexts, striving for aesthetically and thought-provoking pieces, her art form aims to be a political statement on itself.


| Awards | Publications | Exhibitions |

  • 2025

    Magnum Foundation Counter Histories Fellowship

    2023

    XI Premio Galicia Fotografía Contemporánea

    2023

    Selected for the Portfolio Reviews Emergente 2023, Encontros Da Imagem. Braga, Portugal

    2023

    Costa Rican National Culture Award “Pío Viquez” of Journalism (Jury Special Mention)

    2023

    Winner of POY LATAM category “Resignificar los archivos”

    2022

    Women’s photographers Grant Phmuseum Finalist

    2021

    Winner of the Fotoevidence Book Award- Worldpress Photo with Covid Latam, Red Flag Book

    2021

    POY LATAM, Mejor Uso de fotografía en Línea, CovidLatam


    2018

    Award Book publication: Brilla todo lo que nace, first photobook publication alongside Alfabeto Editorial

    2017

    Costa Rican National Culture Award “Amando Cespedes Marín” of Audiovisual Arts (Jury Special Mention)

  • Washington Post | The New York Times | Unicef | UN | Discovery Channel | CGTN | DW | Bloomberg| Le Monde | GCCM| The Times UK | Sunday Times Magazine UK| Smithsonian

  • 2025/2026

    Indian Photo Festival, India

    2023/2024

    Indian Photo Festival, India

    2023

    Premio Galicia, Sala de exposicións do Pazo de San Marcos, Spain

    2023

    212 Photography Istanbul, Turkey

    2023

    Jakarta International Photo Festival, Indonesia

    2023

    Noorderlicht Photofestival, Netherlands

    2022

    Vogue Photo Festival, Italy

    2022

    Centro de Convenciones, Costa Rica

    2022

    Bienal de Argentina de Fotografía Tucuman, Argentina

    2021

    Mirar Distinto, Exhibition, México

    2021

    Exhibition “En Vilo” of Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, Uruguay

    2020

    Indian Photo Festival, India

    2020

    Salón fotográfico del Sur, Mendoza, Argentina

    2020

    Latin American Festival, Bronx Documentary Center, New York, USA

    2020

    La Maison de L' Amérique Latine, France

  • • Shnit International Short Film Festival (Official Selection, Jury Special Mention)

    • Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine, CRFIC (Official Selection, Audience Award)

    • Diritti a Todi International Human Rights Film Festival (Official Selection, Jury Award)

    • Human Rights and Arts Film Festival (Official Selection)

    • Solo para Cortos Social International Short Film Festival (Official Selection)

    • Tokyo Lift Off Festival Online (Official Selection)

    • Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Barcelona (Official Selection)

    • Iran International Documentary Film Festival (Official Selection)

    • Labocine (Official Selection)